Correa reflexa
English: Common correa; Native fuchsia.
Synonyms: Antommarchia rubra; Correa magnifica; Mazeutoxeron reflexum.
Region: Australia.
Habitat: prefers good drainage and some shade; not suited to tropical regions; generally pest and disease free.
Botany
Shrub; quite variable; prostrate to 1.5 metres high.
Leaves: oval; 10 to 50 mm long; visible oil glands, short hairs.
Flowers: colour variable, pale green, red with yellow tips; pendant, tubular; in groups of 1 to 3; up to 40 mm long; petals 4, flaring triangular tips.
Taxonomy
Correa reflexa was formally named Mazeutoxeron reflexum, later transferred to the genus Correa. Natural hybrids have been recorded with Correa alba, Correa pulchella, Correa aemula and Correa decumbens.